. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma . ngth about 5-5 ; tail 2-2 ; wing 3-3; tarsus -75 ; bill fromgape 55. The bill is thicker in this species than in P. nepalensis. Distribution. Sikhim and the eastern portion of Nepal, probablyat high elevations. Genus CARDUELIS, Briss., 1760. The genus Garduelis contains the Goldfinches, of which two speciesare known, one inhabiting Europe and Western Asia, and the otherCentral Asia down to the Himalayas. The Goldfinches are charac-terized by a long, slender, straight and sharply pointed bill, longwings, the bright red colour of the fac
. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma . ngth about 5-5 ; tail 2-2 ; wing 3-3; tarsus -75 ; bill fromgape 55. The bill is thicker in this species than in P. nepalensis. Distribution. Sikhim and the eastern portion of Nepal, probablyat high elevations. Genus CARDUELIS, Briss., 1760. The genus Garduelis contains the Goldfinches, of which two speciesare known, one inhabiting Europe and Western Asia, and the otherCentral Asia down to the Himalayas. The Goldfinches are charac-terized by a long, slender, straight and sharply pointed bill, longwings, the bright red colour of the face, and the bright yellow onthe wing. The sexes are very closely similar. 767. Carduelis caniceps. The Himalayan Goldfinch. Carduelis caniceps, Vigors, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 23; Gould, Cent. pi. 33,tig. 1 ; Blytk, Cat. p. 124; Horsf. £ M. Cat. ii, p. 493 ; Jerd. B. , p. 408; Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xxxvii, pt. ii, p. 61; Hume, 749; Biddulph, Ibis, 1881, p. 85 ; Scully, Ibis, 1881, p. 578 ;Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xii, p. a, Hind.; Saira, Fig. 61.—Head of C. caniceps. Coloration. Male. Forehead, chin, and the cheeks next the billcrimson ; lores black; upper plumage ashy brown, becoming whitishon the rump ; upper tail-coverts white; lesser, median, and primarycoverts with the winglet black, sometimes with ashy margins ;greater coverts chiefly bright yellow ; primaries and secondariesblack, with a considerable portion of the outer webs of all but thefirst primary bright yellow, the inner webs margined with white;the tertiaries each with a large oval white mark on the outer web ;tail black, the two outer pairs of feathers largely white on the innerwebs, the two middle pairs tipped white; throat ashy white ; sides VOL. II. Q 226 fringillidtE. of the head and neck and the breast ashy brown ; abdomen andunder tail-coverts white; sides of the body fulvous ashy ; underwing-coverts and axillaries whitish. Female. Very similar to the male, but having the crimson on the
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